PJ and Bangaii Cardinals

[ZBT3091]

Is a standard 75 gallon tank large enough to house a school of bangaii cardinals, like 4-5? Im stuck between bangaii and pajama and wasn't sure how many I could have of each. Other fish is a pair of ocellaris clowns and royal gramma.

 

[h20 freak]

Should be fine, they are very docile.

Do your part and avoid wild caught Bangais, they are endangered, go for pj's or captive bred Bangais(good luck with that one lol)

 

[mgny]

bangaii's won't work in a school. They will fight after a while. I was lucky to get a captive raised pair from a fellow reefer a few years ago . This past weekend the male finally completed the process and realeased 12 babies in my fuge. They are doin fine so far eating live bbs. Hopefully with a little luck i can spread the fish around to others as mated pairs. My son is lovin the whole process. Mike

 

[ZBT3091]

what are the chances of finding a mated pair. how many pjs can i have at most.

 

[mgny]

If you see a tankful of bangers at a lfs, spend a few minutes observing the school. You may see a pair seperate from the bunch. My babies are 3days old and are beginning to show signs of agression towards each other. The pj cards i don't believe will school either. Threadfin cards are a good choice for schooling, but a pair of bangaiis are a must have imo.

 

[jejton]

I have three PJ cardinals in my 65 gallon tank for about 6 months now and they are doing well. Once they established their heiarchy, the squabbling stopped. I can't say whether I will get a pair ( though thats the hope ) nor how to sex them ( maybe they're all one sex) but they are peaceful, easy to feed and unique looking.

 

[ming]

If you see a tankful of bangers at a lfs, spend a few minutes observing the school. You may see a pair seperate from the bunch. My babies are 3days old and are beginning to show signs of agression towards each other. The pj cards i don't believe will school either. Threadfin cards are a good choice for schooling, but a pair of bangaiis are a must have imo.

The aggression you're seeing is nothing serious. They generally don't need to be separated into pairs until they're ready to mate. Once a pair develops and they want to spawn, they will harass the rest of banggai's in the tank.
I bought 6 banggai's before and let them pair off and then seperated them into individual tanks once they paired off. I had separate tanks in the same water system for the babies once they were released. It was a fun experiment but too much work for me to keep so I got rid of them all. I never could get the babies to live more then 2 months.